Nobody ever told me, when I became the mother of a newborn, that I would carry her home from the hospital trembling in terror, wondering how in the world I’d know what to do with her. She seemed like a tiny, helpless victim of my gross ineptitude.

Every day, we hear advice on changes we need to make to be our healthiest. We know we should increase our vegetable intake and decrease our consumption of added sugars. But how do we go about making these changes and having them last?